I heard someone say how "hard" it is to be Pope, but really what does he do besides say mass every once in a while and say prayers?

And I'm sure the pope has a much bigger staff than being a cardinal in Argentina where he was probably already fulfilling similar responsibilities. The main difference is the size of the crowds and the number of people paying attention to him.

I heard someone say how "hard" it is to be Pope, but really what does he do besides say mass every once in a while and say prayers?

And I'm sure the pope has a much bigger staff than being a cardinal in Argentina where he was probably already fulfilling similar responsibilities. The main difference is the size of the crowds and the number of people paying attention to him.

I heard someone say how "hard" it is to be Pope, but really what does he do besides say mass every once in a while and say prayers?

And I'm sure the pope has a much bigger staff than being a cardinal in Argentina where he was probably already fulfilling similar responsibilities. The main difference is the size of the crowds and the number of people paying attention to him.

It was only a series of chance survivals of extinctions that gave us the shape we have today. Had a few more animals survived here or there and we might have six-legged horse like creatures running around.

We think of some of those fossils as weird looking stuff, but the extinction events constricted diversity, and after each one there was only so much left to diversify from.

The Irresponsible Captain:It was only a series of chance survivals of extinctions that gave us the shape we have today. Had a few more animals survived here or there and we might have six-legged horse like creatures running around.

We think of some of those fossils as weird looking stuff, but the extinction events constricted diversity, and after each one there was only so much left to diversify from.

Evolution is a harsh mistress.

I don't doubt a lot of things could have looked much different (especially penises-- there is a HUGE variety of solutions to the "Get the sperm to the egg" problem in the animal kingdom) but from a practical standpoint the whole six-legged thing just doesn't scale up very well.

Evolution is indeed a harsh mistress, but even she must bow to the laws of physics and natural selection.

Riche:but from a practical standpoint the whole six-legged thing just doesn't scale up very well.

If you are referring to insects, that is more a matter of exoskeletons not scaling up well. Creatures with an internal skeleton and six limbs could be larger, and there would be no requirement that all six limbs remain "legs"--four for running and two for grabbing things would be one likely design.

So in a science fiction world, that worm would find a victim human male, consume the victim's penis and replace the penis with it's own penis like worm body. The worm would then control the male and instruct it to have sex with everything.

Basically like the tongue louse that kills a fish tongue and replaces it.

Skr:So in a science fiction world, that worm would find a victim human male, consume the victim's penis and replace the penis with it's own penis like worm body. The worm would then control the male and instruct it to have sex with everything.

Skr:So in a science fictionPORNO ANIME world, that worm would find a victim human male, consume the victim's penis and replace the penis with it's own penis like worm body. The worm would then control the male and instruct it to have sex with everything.

I think this was the plot of "Super Alien Bus Groper". It definitely replaced "Schoolgirl Rape Cats" as my favorite, even though only a dubbed version is available.

pciszek:Skr: So in a science fiction world, that worm would find a victim human male, consume the victim's penis and replace the penis with it's own penis like worm body. The worm would then control the male and instruct it to have sex with everything.

How would you identify the infected?

Is that a penis-headed worm in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?